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...Imagination, I-maaa-ginnn-ay-tion, Ima-gi-naaaaaaa-tion! That’s the special Imaginationland song...
...bulk of Beg For Mercy itself is nothing new: guided by 50’s now famous (and largely unintelligible) mumble, G Unit sample the usual spectrum of hot topics: guns, revenge, pimps, bitches in tight clothing, bling. “Ima keep livin’ my life/ with a pistol in my palm and a wrist full of ice,” 50 drawls in “Eye For Eye.” Judging from Beg For Mercy, this won’t be changing anytime soon...
...Then, after reading Ima Ningen Toshite by Takeji Hayashi, he was inspired to write a letter to its publisher, Komichi Shobo Co., saying the book awakened him to reading. That connection led to a job at the small company. At 28, Takei went independent, publishing in 1989 the best-selling compilation Listen to My Story: The Blue Hearts, My Love, the authors of which included Banana Yoshimoto. Takei had yet to even rent office space...
Their sound is indeed developing, even if it was somewhat hard to notice or care about after the overwhelming attitude, sweat, dirt and cocaine eyes of openers Ima Robot...
...Ima Robot’s emphasis on style over substance produces a handful of nearly unlistenable missteps, sunk by empty lyrics and flat, repetitive song structures. But the high points of the 39-minute spree suggest that if these professional impostors learn a few new tricks, their expiration date might be extended a while longer yet. —Simon W. Vozick-Levinson